Definition
ξύλον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for עֵץ ;]
1. wood: 1 Corinthians 3:12, Revelation 18:12.
2. a piece of wood, hence, anything made of wood, as,
(a) a cudgel, staff: pl., Matthew 26:47, 55, Mark 14:43, 48, Luke 22:52;
(b) stocks, for confining the feet (Job 33:11, סַד) : Acts 16:24;
(with) a beam to which malefactors were bound (late Gk.), in LXX, of a gibbet (Deuteronomy 21:22-23), in NT, of the Cross: Acts 5:30; 10:39; 13:29, Galatians 3:13, 1 Peter 2:24.
3. In late writers (see MM, xvii), a tree (Genesis 1:29, Isaiah 14:8, al.) : Luke 23:31; ξ. τῆς ζωῆς, Revelation 2:7; 22:2, 14; 22:19.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ξύλον:
- עֵץets“tree: wood”94%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
20 total
- Matthew 26:47ξύλων · clubsWhile Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.
- Matthew 26:55ξύλων · clubsAt that time Jesus said to the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw? Every day I sat teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me.
- Mark 14:43ξύλων · clubsWhile Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, scribes, and elders.
- Mark 14:48ξύλων · clubsJesus asked the crowd, “Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would an outlaw?
- Luke 22:52ξύλων · clubsThen Jesus said to the chief priests, temple officers, and elders who had come for Him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against an outlaw?
- Luke 23:31ξύλῳ · treeFor if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”
- Acts 5:30ξύλου · a treeThe God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
- Acts 10:39ξύλου · a treeWe are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,
- Acts 13:29ξύλου · treeWhen they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
- Acts 16:24ξύλον · stocksOn receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
- 1 Corinthians 3:12ξύλα · woodIf anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,
- Galatians 3:13ξύλου · a treeChrist redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
- 1 Peter 2:24ξύλον · treeHe Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- Revelation 2:7ξύλου · treeHe who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
- Revelation 18:12ξύλον · wood; ξύλου · wood…cargo of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet; of all kinds of citron wood and every article of ivory, precious wood, bronze, iron, and marble;
- Revelation 22:2ξύλον · stood a tree; ξύλου · tree…down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
- Revelation 22:14ξύλον · treeBlessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.
- Revelation 22:19ξύλου · treeAnd if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.